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Coming up with new ideas is often an advantageous thing. Brainstorming allows any idea to be accepted for later consideration, it leads to more possibilities to investigate …when dealing with a problem. (MORE)

Brainstorming is a creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution to a problem. The method was first popularized in the late 1930s by Alex… Faickney Osborn, an advertising executive, in a book called Applied Imagination. Osborn proposed that groups could double their creative output by using the method of brainstorming. .
There are four basic rules in brainstorming. These are intended to reduce the social inhibitions that occur in groups and therefore stimulate the generation of new ideas. The expected result is a dynamic synergy that will dramatically increase the creativity of the group. 1. Combine and improve ideas 2. No criticism 3. Unusual ideas are welcome 4. Focus on quantity Here's how you brainstorm: .
write down everything that comes to mind, even if you think it sounds silly .
if one idea makes you think about something else, write that down too .
keep writing! .
write until you totally run out of ideas . (MORE)

In directed brainstorming, each participant is given one sheet ofpaper (or electronic form) and told the brainstorming question.They are asked to produce one response and stop…, then all of thepapers (or forms) are randomly swapped among the participants. Theparticipants are asked to look at the idea they received and tocreate a new idea that improves on that idea based on the initialcriteria. The forms are then swapped again and respondents areasked to improve upon the ideas, and the process is repeated forthree or more rounds. (MORE)

Brainstorming is a creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution to a problem. The method was first popularized in 1953 by Alex Faickney …Osborn, an advertising executive, in a book called Applied Imagination. Osborn proposed that groups could double their creative output by using the method of brainstorming. This has not proved to be correct, but businesses still use the techniques to give a feeling of team spirit and group cooperation. .
Although brainstorming as a group technique has not been shown to be any more effective at coming up with solutions than any other business technique, the idea of brainstorming is a good one for individuals who are trying to come up with ideas. Brainstorming is especially helpful as a step in pre-writing. The idea is to come up with as many ideas as you can. Here's how you brainstorm: .
write down everything that comes to mind, even if you think it sounds silly .
if one idea makes you think about something else, write that down too .
keep writing! .
write until you totally run out of ideas or until a certain amount of time has passed (you might set a time limit of five or ten minutes, for example) . (MORE)

1- Cheap 2- Synergy 3- Solve any conflict 4- You don't have to be a highly qualified expert or highly paid consultant to use it 5- Easy …to understand - it's not a complicated technique 6- It is inexpensive 7- If controlled properly it is a quick way of generating ideas 8- Encourages creative thinking and thinking "out of the box" 9- Generates ideas and solutions that can be used elsewhere 10- Provides an opportunity for widespread participation and involvement (MORE)

You pick the best ideas you thought of - the ones which you are very proud of, and then decide how you are going to put it - in bullet or point form,paragraphs,etc. But the …best way in my opinion is to write things that proves it,like in point form. (MORE)

Â· Helps to share risks with others. Â· Helps to gather lots of information and experience from the past projects. Â· brainstorming through various elements of the RB…S enables participants to identify risks under each of the RBS areas. The RBS structures the risk identification interviews, and also schedules for discussion between the facilitator and interviewees. (MORE)

Brainstorming is a useful practice because it provides a group or individual the ability to think up a large number of potential solutions to the problem the individual or the… group is facing in all any of their lives. When brainstorming in a group setting there is an additional benefit that is bred from a diverse group of participants; synergy. Synergy is the notion that two or more things can be combined and yield a value greater than the sum total of the individual parts, or, mathematically put, 2+2=5. Brainstorming can prove to be wildly in effective if the appropriate guidelines are not adhered to. (MORE)